by Robert Brown | Jun 11, 2017 | Matching, Sam's Weekly Thought
by Sam Harley April 14, 2017 Many people have victorious testimonies of being matched by True Father. This is not one of them. In telling what I remember of my second matching, I do not use the names of the others involved. Their side of the story is theirs to tell,...
by Robert Brown | Jun 11, 2017 | Matching, Sam's Weekly Thought
by Sam Harley April 7, 2017 This week’s theme is one of the highlights of following True Parents: the matching. Please write or record your experience of the matching. My experience is more varied than some, so I will present it in three parts. Here is part 1: I...
by Robert Brown | Jun 11, 2017 | Challenging Times, Sam's Weekly Thought
by Sam Harley April 28, 2017 It may be hard to understand now what it was like. Walking from door to door in a small town, being watched from behind curtains as if you were green and eight feet tall with one eye in your forehead. People would stare at us as we ate...
by Robert Brown | Jun 11, 2017 | MFT and Fundraising, Sam's Weekly Thought
by Sam Harley June 11, 2017 Once I was in the kitchen at Hearst Street house, three months in the church and struggling. Noah Ross was there. “So Sam, how’s it going?” he asked. I had really been wanting to talk to somebody about what I was going through, and...
by Robert Brown | Jun 3, 2017 | MFT and Fundraising, Sam's Weekly Thought, Spiritual Experiences
by Sam Harley June 2, 2017 Oakland family, where I joined, did lots of fasting. We ate a liquid breakfast (“Put it in the blender!” was a common shout when we didn’t know what to do with leftovers). I remember having spaghetti sauce for breakfast. We also fasted...
by Robert Brown | Apr 20, 2017 | How I joined the church, Sam's Weekly Thought
by Sam Harley When I joined the Creative Community Project in 1978, I was a skinny (148 lbs, 6’1”) vegetarian, almost vegan. In addition, I was so spiritually sensitive that someone becoming angry around me was like a very loud noise or a punch in the gut. After...
